Thursday, April 24, 2014

A Scrappy Finish

True to the origins of quilting, made a quilt entirely out of left over fabric from another one. Earlier this year I made a Sawtooth Star Quilt for a friend of mine using Hometown fat quarter bundle by Sweetwater. If you recall during the making of this quilt I put together blocks from corners of the flying geese. In the end I had 32 blocks that I sewed together on point with 1" wide sashing to give me a throw sized quilt top.


Once I put the top together I did not have enough for the back. I was determined not to buy or add fabric from another collection to this quilt. So I foraged all the scraps from my scrap bin and put together a Denyse Schmidt style improv strip. To my surprise it turned out just big enough to cover the back along with some left over fabric from the same collection.


For some reason this quilt was very hard to photograph. It looks very washed out in the picture. I had the same problem when I was trying to photograph the Sawtooth Star quilt too. Must work on my photography skills :)

Since this quilt is made up of very small pieces on both the front and back I decided to quilt densely in straight lines along the seams, in the hope to further reinforce them. You can see a close up here.



For the binding I managed to salvage enough of the red dot fabric and it frames the quilt nicely.

Signing off with a few more pics.





Thanks for stopping by.


21 comments:

  1. Wow - it looks amazing. Like, it just pops right out at you! That pieced back is lovely.

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  2. Oh myyyy, Rachel. This quilt is amazing, I simply love it.

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  3. What a sweet quilt! Love the improv backing, Rachel. Congrats on a gorgeous finish!

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  4. Well this turned out wonderful! I absolutely love scrapy backings, two quilts in one.

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  5. Great use of your scraps! I'm impressed that you were able to do all this with leftovers. I like how the darker colors congregate in the center and then it fades out to the edges. I also like the dot binding; dots are awesome. :)

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  6. Love this... I really like how the darker blocks are concentrated in the centre of the quilt and the lighter ones on the edges. Brings you eye softly from the centre out. And that binding fabric is the perfect final touch. Lovely finish!

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  7. I thinks its fantastic! I really love the design! taking pictures is always a pain for me! You did a great job!

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  8. Wonderful quilt, and I absolutely love that it's done with leftovers. I think your photos turned out great, too.

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  9. Great quilt, Rachel and the quilting is just right for it - great back too! Thanks for linking to TGIFF!

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  10. Awesome quilt, I love the way you quilted it!!

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  11. I am so in love with this quilt! Can't wait to see it in person.

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  12. Totally love this quilt! Love everything from fabrics to the backing! You have a reversible quilt! Awesome job!

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  13. Love how your quilt turned out Rachel! That pieced backing is so great! We have featured your post on the Fort Worth Fabric Studio Blog! Thanks for linking up!

    -Lindsey

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  14. Your quilt and pictures look great! I just heard that professional photographers have to use a special lens on quilts with a lot of white. It may just be the colors and camera. :)

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  15. I love this quilt from top to bottom, front to back, side to side...A to Z! Beautiful work!!!

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  16. Awesome quilt. I love how you concentrated the darker-scale fabrics in the center with lighter hues on the outside. Great idea!

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  17. Love the quilt. Awesome quilting. I like that not all blocks are at the same value.

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  18. Really like the quilting you did on this! And the back is just about as awesome as the front!! :)

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  19. I really like this quilt. You have used a classic block and made it special with your choice of fabrics and fade effect. Beautiful finish!

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  20. That is a lovely quilt! I love the pale colours! Pinterest has the idea that you are my pintwin, so I had a look around at this page. I like the way you work with yor quilts!

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